June 17th International Christian Voice (ICV) was at the airport to welcome their 7th family of this year2022. It was a memorable day in the lives of refugee family, Sharoon Inayat, his wife and three children when they arrived at Pearson International from Malaysia. Welcoming them at the airport were ICV representative, brother-in-law, Shakeel Maqbool and nephew, Nabeel.

Mr. Peter Bhatti was awarded the Sovereign Medal, a Canadian honor award for volunteers with a passion, dedication and commitment to Community service. The presentation was held on June 05, 2022 at a prestigious ceremony at the Agha Khan Museum Toronto, Canada.

The Sovereign award was presented by the Lieutenant Governor Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell on behalf of the Governor General of Canada. Peter Bhatti is one of the six volunteers presented with the award at the ceremony.

As founder and Chairman of International Christian voice along with his team of volunteers have brought public attention the plight of persecuted and vulnerable religious minorities in Pakistan. International Christian Voice activities include fundraising for refugee sponsorship; resettlement and assisting sponsored refugees successfully integrate into the Canadian cultural mosaic.

Congratulations Mr. Peter Bhatti, Bhatti family, ICV team of volunteers, Ministry partners, Financial Donors and the Community.

10th Feb,2022. International Christian Voice was pleased to welcome their first refugee family of 2022.  Zahid Masih and his wife Sana arrived at Toronto Pearson airport from Colombo and were welcomed by their cosponsors and ICV.  They were very happy to finally be in Canada.

International Christian Voice is a Canadian Charitable Organization and Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH). ICV serves to sponsor asylum seekers, who are victims of religious persecution and support their resettlement in Canada. Every year, in memory of the Martyrdom of Shahbaz Bhatti, a memorial is celebrated in March to preserve his legacy. Funds are raised to sponsor one deserving refugee family to Canada. After much deliberation, in 2020, ICV identified GUL SHER MURAD and his FAMILY for sponsorship to Canada, but due to ongoing pandemic challenges there have been painful delays in the immigration process. Our own fundraising efforts were also severely impeded. ICV decided to support Gul Sher Murad, his wife and five minor children for sponsorship to Canada. Gul Sher has lived in exile in Thailand, in hiding, away from his family for the past decade.

Militant Islamists again on the march in Pakistan and Christians are marked for annihilation.

On August 11, 2021, International Christian Voice (ICV) held a virtual event commemorating the National Minorites Day of Pakistan in Canada to acknowledge to highlight the unflinching contribution of the Christian Community in the establishment, nation-building, and progress of Pakistan. Over one hundred participants joined in from Canada and across the globe from the US, UK, Italy, Netherland, Malaysia, Thailand, and Pakistan.
Our guest speakers who graciously honored our community included Federal Member of Parliament Hon. Ruby Sahota (Lib Party), Federal Member of Parliament Hon. Garnet Genus (PC Party shadow minister international development and Human Rights), Ms. Raheel Raza Canadian Journalist and Anti-Racism Activist, Allama Syed Sheryar Abdi an Islamic Scholar,  Mohammad Amanullah Human Rights Activist in Australia, Mr. Waqar Gillani Pakistani Journalist  Read More ….

Tabeeta Nazir Gill is a forty-seven-year-old mother of two boys, 14 and 13 yrs. of age. Her husband is fifty
years old. They were born and raised Christians in Pakistan and are rooted
in their faith.
Tabeeta has been falsely charged with Blasphemy under section 295C of the
Pakistan Penal Code punishable by death.
Nurse Tabeeta miraculously managed to narrowly escape the clutches of her
persecutors in Pakistan and is presently in hiding out of the country, subject
to deportation upon the expiry of the temporary visitor visa which would
result in her lengthy incarceration and possible violent death at the hands of
the religious extremists. Read More…..

Unreported by mainstream media the persecution of Christians continues unabated in Pakistan with no public outcry, no acknowledgement by any political leadership, no meaningful action by the police or civil administration of the country.

Life continues as normal, a Christians life seems meaningless to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

On June 17th, 2021, a young Christian boy named Shahzad Masih was brutally tortured and killed by influential local Muslims in a village # 437 near Samundri in District Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The boy was kidnapped, kept tied for three days, denied water, sexually abused and then inserted with fire extinguisher gas in his rectum and thrown in the field near his family home.(more…)

ICV has identified Gul Sher Murad and his family for sponsorship to Canada in 2021

Every year, to commemorate Shahbaz’s Memorial and to continue his legacy, we raise funds to sponsor one deserving refugee family to Canada. After much deliberation, ICV has decided to support Gul Sher Murad, his wife and five minor children for sponsorship to Canada. Gul Sher has lived in exile, in hiding, under threat to his life, away from his family for the past decade. Gul Sher was the driver of then Federal Minority Minister, Martyr Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated under a hail of bullets by Islamic religious terrorists. Gul Sher miraculously survived the horrific assassination of Martyr Shahbaz Bhatti on that fateful day.  more…